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Old Dutch (Euro 2006 stories continued)

As you may remember the day after the cruise we were in Holland. Now, the trip was pretty much meant to be a by the seat of our pants type trip (i.e. pretty much no planning whatsoever). However, one of things we did time was our arrival in Amsterdam on April 29th for Queen's Day.

Basically the entire city of Amsterdam shuts down and becomes one MASSIVE party. And I'm not exagerating. It is one BIG PARTY!!







One thing that was cool was that people had loaded massive stereo systems onto their boats and were cruising along all the canals!!

Rohit and I had a good time just walking around and soaking up the atmosphere. One thing that was annoying though was the fact that the lockers @ the central train station were closed (due to fear of terrorist activities of course). So after some quick thinking we decided to hope on a train to the airport and drop off our bags there. When you have comfy shoes you can think quickly on your feet ;)

There was no accomadation in Amsterdam for the night though so we had to go to Rotterdam instead. Rotterdam was... interesting. It's a port city so it is a lot more industrial than Amsterdam. Basically all the money is made in Rotterdam and then spent in Amsterdam. Within 30mins of arriving in Rotterdam Rohit and I saw a fight break out. Basically some guy clipped another guy on a bike and then chaos ensued after.

Our budget hotel wasn't too bad except for on minor problem. In the room there was 1 bed... for the both of us :S But Rohit was clearly excited



I however tried to hide!!


Rotterdam had a bit of dodgy vibe to it. We went out at night and just didn't get a completely safe vibe. Although to be honest our spidey senses might have been going off because it was really the first time we were exploring a city by ourselves at night. Plus the street lighting was bad :P

The next day though we found safe haven



Yes that is a giant teddy bear. It was in front of a modern art museum that actually was kind of cool. I can't quite remember which one right because I'm too lazy to look up. So till next time :)

posted by Arvind @ 10:43 PM